The live music weekend has arrived in Tampa Bay, so here are the best shows happening from Thursday, Dec. 8-Wednesday, Dec. 14.
This listing is a mix of shows hand-picked by Creative Loafing Tampa Bay contributors, plus select submissions from a user-driven, free Tampa Bay concert calendar. To have your event considered for inclusion please submit it via cltampa.com.
Thursday, Dec. 8
- Blue October (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
Friday, Dec. 9
- The Dirty Janes (Music Hall at New World Brewery, Tampa)
- for King & Country (Amalie Arena, Tampa)
- Girl Talk (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Keller Williams (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Moore Kismet (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Saturday, Dec. 10
- Cannibal Corpse w/Dark Funeral/Immolation/Black Anvil (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Danielle Nicole Band (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Displace album release w/Tropico Blvd. (Crowbar, Ybor City)
- Florida Wind Band: Tis the season (Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Tampa)
- Katatonia w/The Ocean Collective/Cellar Darling (Orpheum, Tampa)
- Nicole Moudaber w/Juliet Fox (PTL, Ybor City)
- Row Jomah’s Annual Toy Drive w/Shoeless Soul (Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin)
- onBike Winter Wonder Ride: LoCash (Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, Tampa)
Sunday, Dec. 11
- John Tesh (Central Park Performing Arts Center, Largo)
- Luann de Lesseps: Christmas with the Countess (Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Tampa)
- Regi Oliver Benefit Festival: Selwyn Birchwood (Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa)
- Taylor Dayne (Hough Hall at Palladium Theater, St. Petersburg)
Tuesday, Dec, 13
- Kenny Loggins (Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater)
- Jinjer w/P.O.D./Malevolence/Space of Variations (Jannus Live, St. Petersburg)
- Machine Head (Orpheum, Ybor City)
- Turnover (The Ritz, Ybor City)
Wednesday, Dec. 14
- The Spill Canvas w/Mom Rock (Orpheum, Tampa)
Also playing
Eric Gales Thursday, Dec. 8. 8 p.m. $39 & up. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
Bendigo Fletcher w/Boa Boys Friday, Dec. 9. 8 p.m. $12. Crowbar, Ybor City
Black Violin Sunday, Dec. 11. 7 p.m. $36 & up. Morsani Hall at Straz Center, Tampa
High On Fire w/Municipal Waste/Gel/The Early Moods Sunday, Dec. 11. 6 p.m. $25. Orpheum, Tampa
Engelbert Humperdinck Monday, Dec. 12. 7 p.m. $42.75-$78.75. Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater
Debbie Gibson Thursday, Dec. 15. 8 p.m. $30-$75. Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater
This article appears in Dec 1-7, 2022.
